#539 Mickleburgh’s take on BC unions
The notion that workers should collectivize to support one another and prevent exploitation is increasingly viewed as arcane in the… FULL STORY
FEATURE REVIEWS
#538 Two belligerent short story critics
The Canadian Short Story by John Metcalf Windsor, Ontario: Biblioasis, 2018 $28.95 / 9781771960847 * Best Canadian Stories 2018 by… FULL STORY
#537 From Tim Hortons to Swan Lake
Homeless Memorial: Poems from the Streets of Vernon by John La Greca Victoria: Ekstasis Editions, 2018 $23.95 / 9781771712750 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#536 A bird man named Adrian
The Birds of Vancouver Island’s West Coast by Adrian Dorst Vancouver: UBC Press, 2018 $39.95 / 9780774890106 Reviewed by Caroline… FULL STORY
#535 What a poet should know
Rain Shadow by Nicholas Bradley Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2018 $19.95 / 9781772123708 Reviewed by Christopher Levenson * What… FULL STORY
#534 Shale fellow, well met
Rocks, Ridges, and Rivers: Geological Wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks. A Roadside Tour Guide by Dale Leckie… FULL STORY
#533 Downtown Eastside Scribes
From the Heart of it All: Ten Years of Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside by Heidi Greco (editor) Vancouver: Otter… FULL STORY
#532 The death of Robert Dziekanski
Blamed and Broken: The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski by Curt Petrovich Toronto: Dundurn, 2019 $20.99 / 9781459742932… FULL STORY
#531 J. Michael Yates (1938-2019)
Creator and manager of Sono Nis Press from 1966 to 1976, J. Michael Yates has died in Vancouver General Hospital… FULL STORY
#530 Grahame Ware’s Private Italy
MEMOIR: My Private Italy by Grahame Ware * We are delighted to present “My Private Italy,” the second instalment of… FULL STORY
#529 Poems and portraits of Chinatown
Chinatown Ghosts: The Poems and Photographs of Jim Wong-Chu by Jim Wong-Chu Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018 $19.95 / 9781551527482… FULL STORY
#528 Fleeting moments that matter
Quarrels by Eve Joseph Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2018 $18.00 / 9781772141191 Reviewed by Paul Falardeau * On April 9, 2019,… FULL STORY
#527 Graffiti, Canadian style
Graffiti, Canadian Style By Ernest Hekkanen (in 1999) It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to… FULL STORY
#526 Lies, tenure, and dark energy
Black Star by Maureen Medved Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2018 $20.00 / 9781772141122 Reviewed by Theo Dombrowski * Encountering the barbed… FULL STORY
#525 Ron Holland makes a splash
All the Oceans: Designing by the Seat of My Pants by Ron Holland, with a Foreword by Rupert Murdoch Vancouver:… FULL STORY
#524 Just another Cook book
James Cook: The Voyages by William Frame with Laura Walker Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018 $49.95 / 9780773552869… FULL STORY
#523 Powter’s alpine passages
Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People by Geoff Powter, with a foreword by Chris Bonnington Victoria:… FULL STORY
#522 Nurse log and a Great Blue Heron
Upend by Kevin Spenst Victoria: Frog Hollow Press, 2018 $15.00 / 9781926948652 Reviewed by David Stouck * In Vancouver’s poetry… FULL STORY
#521 The Al Purdy Poets’ Society
Beyond Forgetting: Celebrating 100 Years of Al Purdy by Howard White and Emma Skagen (editors), with a foreword by Steven… FULL STORY
#520 Somewhere inside the rainbow
In Arianna Dagnino’s The Afrikaner, published April 1st, a brave and resilient woman ventures to the Kalahari Desert to find… FULL STORY
